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The bill determines how money generated from the program will be spent but fails to include protective measures for disadvantaged communities, environmentalists warn.

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Bill to Alter NY’s Climate Law Includes 11th-Hour Bid to Keep State’s Last Biomass Power Plant Open

Lawmakers are trying to keep the Black River power plant at Fort Drum from closing by changing the state’s definition of renewable energy to include the burning of wood, known…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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May 2022

Education Government Politics

You Tell Us: Should Albany Extend Mayoral Control of NYC Schools?

Mayor Eric Adams was expected to rally Monday morning to push state lawmakers to renew the policy, which gives City Hall the power to appoint the schools chancellor and most…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: 421-a Has Benefited Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers. That’s Why We Should Pass Hochul’s Replacement.

“The governor’s bill maintains many of the core aspects of 421-a that have been vital to our city’s economic success and is a positive first step.”

ByBrett Gottlieb 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Education Government

Flashback Friday: The Seeds of Mayoral Control for NYC Schools, 2002

State lawmakers on Friday held a hearing to consider whether to extend mayoral control of city schools for another three years. City Limits takes a look back at our early…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Climate and Environment Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Help New York’s Students Learn From the Past to Build our Climate Future

“We are proposing a bill to fund a Timbuctoo Summer Climate and Careers Institute that will give NYC students a chance to experience life and make career choices inside the…

ByZellnor Myrie

ByMichaelle C. Solages 2Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Justice News Transportation

Traffic Debt No Longer a Cause for License Suspension in New York

Advocates say the previous policy disproportionately impacted low-income people and people of color.

ByGriffin Kelly 2Comments

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Apr 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

NYS Budget on Housing: Rent Relief Victory, Disappointment on NYCHA and Homelessness

While housing advocates say the budget deal included a major victory for tenants––creating a multi-billion dollar program for rent relief––it included less funds for NYCHA and homelessness prevention than stakeholders…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Dec 2019

Government Podcasts

The 10 Stories that Shaped New York City in 2019

It’s the same city as it was in 2018, but a different place thanks to these developments.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Sweeping Deal on Rent Regulations Shifts Power to Tenants Across NYS

Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

NY Budget Lays Groundwork for Cap-and-Invest Plan to Charge Polluters, But Details Are Lacking